EdH
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Edgecomb, Maine, United States
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4 blogsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'
I’ve started the model my youngest grandson asked for. He wanted something similar to my 30” Huntress model (green boat pic) but he felt …
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Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non Profit
Another board member of The Carpenter's Boat Shop, was given this beautiful model that had fallen off a shelf. He suggested I restore it,…
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39' Windboats of Wroxham 'Fairwind', built 1930s and 40s
Started another model boat project, but the grandkids will be disappointed as it doesn’t plane! It’s a 39” model of the 39’ Fairwind, bui…
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Aerokits 1962 34.5" RAF Crash Tender rebuild, including interior.
Recent FB posts of the Aerokit's RAF Crash Tender got me interested in restoring the old one in our basement. I built this one with my Da…
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Re: Scratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'Thanks Bill. I’m not sure if my grandson will ever get into building models but he enjoys driving them! We live on the Maine coast so my models have to run in salt water. No problem as long as they are washed …♥ 4 likes915 viewsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'Spent Saturday morning and afternoon in the Whaler with my 14 year old grandson, giving the model I built for him, Blue Moppie, her first two runs. To my relief she performed flawlessly, with no bad habits in …
+9♥ 10 likes938 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitHi flaxbybuck. Malibar II is 42', so considerably smaller and your reasoning makes sense. The sail you describe is a Gollywobbler, but unlike a headsail, it was normally attached by four corners. One on each m…751 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitThank you flaxbybuck. She's a model of Malabar II (although they kept the deck and cabin varnished instead of white). She was designed and built by John Alden and always had the single staysail sail plan. In t…
♥ 1 like756 viewsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'The figures for ‘Blue Moppie’ are done. The moulding of the clay originals went smoothly. I made clay casings, suspended the figures, filled them with silicone, broke the casings, then the clay figures to get …
+13♥ 10 likes1,130 viewsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'The electronics are in on ‘Blue Moppie’. The control switches can't be on the lift off cabin top, as the two parts would have to have a wire running between them! The only option was the narrow aft deck. I alw…
+6♥ 10 likes1,196 viewsRevamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitWhen we found the model I have been renovating is of Malabar ll (see previous post), Michael, the model’s donor, found this beautiful modern video of the actual boat. This is a preview but if you subscribe you…♥ 15 likes1,023 viewsRevamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitI’ve just about finished the model schooner we are donating to The Carpenter's Boat Shop. This week I worked on the rigging, which was in quite a mess. The rig uses hooks instead of more realistic fittings, wh…
+13♥ 15 likes1,050 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitThanks Gary and all the best for 2023. Ed♥ 3 likes1,115 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitChrisG another modeling site filled me in. She's a model of Malabar ll. John Alden designed and built several boats for himself, all called Malabar, which he raced and cruised. There is a nice kit offered for …♥ 4 likes1,196 views
+9♥ 10 likes938 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitHi flaxbybuck. Malibar II is 42', so considerably smaller and your reasoning makes sense. The sail you describe is a Gollywobbler, but unlike a headsail, it was normally attached by four corners. One on each m…751 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitThank you flaxbybuck. She's a model of Malabar II (although they kept the deck and cabin varnished instead of white). She was designed and built by John Alden and always had the single staysail sail plan. In t…♥ 1 like756 viewsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'The figures for ‘Blue Moppie’ are done. The moulding of the clay originals went smoothly. I made clay casings, suspended the figures, filled them with silicone, broke the casings, then the clay figures to get …+13♥ 10 likes1,130 viewsScratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'The electronics are in on ‘Blue Moppie’. The control switches can't be on the lift off cabin top, as the two parts would have to have a wire running between them! The only option was the narrow aft deck. I alw…+6♥ 10 likes1,196 viewsRevamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitWhen we found the model I have been renovating is of Malabar ll (see previous post), Michael, the model’s donor, found this beautiful modern video of the actual boat. This is a preview but if you subscribe you…♥ 15 likes1,023 viewsRevamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitI’ve just about finished the model schooner we are donating to The Carpenter's Boat Shop. This week I worked on the rigging, which was in quite a mess. The rig uses hooks instead of more realistic fittings, wh…+13♥ 15 likes1,050 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitThanks Gary and all the best for 2023. Ed♥ 3 likes1,115 viewsRe: Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non ProfitChrisG another modeling site filled me in. She's a model of Malabar ll. John Alden designed and built several boats for himself, all called Malabar, which he raced and cruised. There is a nice kit offered for …♥ 4 likes1,196 views